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Standard Seven: Micro-political Leadership
The school executive will build systems and relationships that utilize the staff’s diversity, encourage constructive ideological conflict in order to leverage staff expertise, power and influence to realize the school’s vision for success. The executive will also creatively employ an awareness of staff’s professional needs, issues, and interests to build social cohesion and to facilitate distributed governance and shared decision-making.


Related Coursework and Training
  • Facilitative Leadership
  • Community Internship
  • Llano Grande Digital Storytelling
  • Social Justice workshop
  • Community Internship at the Roanoke Chowan Domestic Violence Task Force

Related Readings
  • What Great Principals Do Differently, Todd Whitaker
  • Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
  • Linchpin, Seth Godin

Standard 7a: School Executive Micro-Political Leadership

Proficient: Works with others to build systems and relationships that utilize the staff's diversity, ideological differences, and expertise to realize the school's goals.

Activities:

  • Carried out School Board Policies
  • Created and provided to staff and introduction letter first week of school
  • Developed an entry plan to use from the beginning of school year to the end
  • Developed and implemented a Problem of Practice that involved utilizing Backwards Design to improve instructional practices
  • Worked with the Roanoke Chowan Domestic Violence Task Force
    • Grant Writing
    • Attended monthly meetings with various support service personnel within three counties

Artifacts:

Entry Plan for Internship at Hertford County Middle School


Introduction Letter to Staff


Problem of Practice

Logic Model PoP



Brochure for the Roanoke Chowan Domestic Violence Task Force

Brochure for RCDVTF